Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . enhouse of his ownmay have the pleasure to cul-tivate for himself: Hyacinth,Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus andother bulbous plants, which canbe planted in fancy flower potsor Hyacinth glasses. There is some poetical charm,having early in February orMarch, those messengers ofspring at your home. We men-tion some other forced plants ofincomparable beauty. For in-stance : Scilla .sibirica, Hepaticatriloba and H. angulosa, Rus-sian and Neapolitan Violets, Fig. 15. Parlor Fountain
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . enhouse of his ownmay have the pleasure to cul-tivate for himself: Hyacinth,Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus andother bulbous plants, which canbe planted in fancy flower potsor Hyacinth glasses. There is some poetical charm,having early in February orMarch, those messengers ofspring at your home. We men-tion some other forced plants ofincomparable beauty. For in-stance : Scilla .sibirica, Hepaticatriloba and H. angulosa, Rus-sian and Neapolitan Violets, Fig. 15. Parlor Fountain Flower Stand. Cyclamen pcrsicum, Hosteya ja- ponica, Primula chinensis. Primula acaulis flore pleno. Delphinium formosum, Ora-phalodes verna. Phlox verna, Adonis vernalis, Irissusiana and persica, Fritillariameleagris, Anemone nemorosa fl. pL, Pulnionaria virginicia, Sanguinaria cana-densis and forced Rosa Thea, and Rosa bengalensis. For autumn decorationchoose from the great number of blooming plants ; the latest in the season andwell suited decorations, by their compact low growth, is the Daisey-like. WINDOW GARDENING. 267 or Pompone Chrysanthemums. Later in the winter season, when flovrers becomerare, you can have plants with large and beautiful foliage, whose form and livelygreen is very agreeable to the eye. Are you an admirer of You findin November a certain species of Cactus flowering; the Epiphyllum is a matter of importance to arrange plants that every shape and part may beseen; to make the composition light and graceful by putting ferns and grass-likeplants between otherswith large leaves, forinstance: Ficus elas-tica, F. Cooperi, , AbutilonThomsonii, A r a 1 i aSieboldii, A. lepto-phylla, A. and Azaleaswith Cyperus alterni-folius, Panicum plica-tum, Phorimum te-nax, Polypodium au-reum, Dicksonia um-b r o s i a, Nephrol episexaltata, Ophiopogonsaburan, japonicumand spicatum, Isole-pis pygmaea, Pteri
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